Organic Gardening: The Return of The Victory Garden

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  During WWII there was a shortage of fresh produce throughout the United States due to an overall lack of fuel for cultivating, harvesting and shipping the produce. Having a Victory Garden was a way of showing your support for the war effort and doing your part to help the country in its time of need. The Victory Garden, however, has seen resurgence in its popularity in recent years. In fact, some say that a home-grown revolution is taking place {Read More}

101 Gardening Tips: Create An Organic Garden

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So, What is organic gardening? Many gardeners wonder what exactly organic gardening means. The simple answer is that organic gardeners don’t use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides on their plants. But gardening organically is much more than what you don’t do. When you garden organically, you think of your plants as part of a whole system within nature that starts in the soil and includes the water supply, people, wildlife and even insects. An organic gardener strives to work in harmony {Read More}

101 Gardening Tips: Making The Most Of Your Space

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One of the things my family has decided to do is start a garden.  We’ve thought about it a lot and have talked about doing it forever and now, to both help stretch our budget and to eat a little more healthy we’ve decided to actually get started. I’ve done a ton of reading and thought I’d share the best tips on gardening I have found and the 101 Gardening Tips section of our site was born. Making the Most {Read More}

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